The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - St. Louis Cardinals - INSIDE PITCH The Cardinals staked right-hander Lance Lynn to a 7-0 lead after four at-bats and Lynn scored his sixth straight victory, becoming the first Cardinals starter to win his first six starts since Bob Tewksbury in 1994. But there were some twists and turns along the way before the Cardinals posted a 9-6 win at Arizona. First, though he allowed no runs, Lynn was not as sharp as he had been in his first five starts, when he gave up a...

The Cubs will have a new third-base coach this season in Chris Speier, who replaces Wendell Kim. And Gene Clines is the new hitting coach, with Gary Matthews switching places with him to become the first-base coach. But which coach will handle the clubhouse feuding, player mood swings and general bickering that defined this underachieving ballclub last season? The Cubs were unable to acquire prominent free-agent outfielder Carlos Beltran this off-season. But perhaps the most...

Pete Smith (2-1) pitched six-hit ball for eight innings and Jeff Blauser extended his career-high hitting streak to 12 games with a double. Otis Nixon had two hits and scored twice and Ron Gant had three hits, including a run-scoring double, as Atlanta roughed up Bob Tewksbury (0-3).

AL East Roberto Alomar will miss most of the Orioles' exhibition schedule because of a sprained left ankle. A magnetic resonance imaging test on Alomar's ankle revealed a moderate to severe strain, and team officials said that the All-Star second baseman could be sidelined up to four weeks--twice as long as the original diagnosis. Red Sox knuckleballer Tim Wakefield became the first player to win in salary arbitration this winter. Wakefield was awarded $2.5 million by arbitrator James Duff, rather...

Bob Tewksbury beat Los Angeles for the first time in six lifetime decisions. Tewksbury (14-8) had already beaten every other NL opponent during his career. He won for the 10th time in 12 decisions, giving up 10 hits in seven innings. Henry Rodriguez hit a three-run homer in the first inning, but Tewksbury did not allow another run. Lee Smith pitched the ninth for his major-league-leading 43rd save.

Bob Tewksbury (9-6) pitched eight innings and allowed four runs on 10 hits to win his fifth straight decision. He retired 14 batters in a row at one point and didn't walk a batter for his third straight start. Gregg Jefferies of the Cardinals went 3 for 3 with two RBIs, extending his hitting streak to 14 games. Leadoff hitter Bernard Gilkey had his second straight four-hit game, going 4 for 4 with three runs scored. Brian Jordan hit his first career grand slam, off reliever Mark Davis, in the...

Bob Tewksbury pitched his first AL shutout with a six-hitter and Jack Voigt's three-run homer keyed a five-run Texas second. Voigt, 2 for 32 in his previous 15 games as his average fell from .400 to .143, went 3 for 4 to pace the Rangers' 15-hit attack. Tewksbury cruised to his fifth career shutout and third victory in his last four decisions. He walked none and struck out four as the Rangers posted their 11th win in the last 14 home games. The Rangers have 23 home victories, one behind the...

The odds didn't look too good for the Cubs going into Wednesday night's game. The team with the worst record in the National League was facing the pitcher with the best record. Nothing earth-shaking happened. Bob Tewksbury handcuffed the Cubs and led the St. Louis Cardinals to a 3-2 yawner of a victory. It was the seventh victory without a loss for Tewksbury, who became the first Cardinal pitcher since John Denny (1977) to start a season 7-0. "He's an excellent...

It's out in the open now. The Cubs are trying to surge in the stretch to improve chances that Jim Lefebvre will return as manager next year. Some of the Cubs-including Mark Grace, Rick Wilkins and winning pitcher Jose Bautista-discussed the managerial situation after the Cubs clobbered the St. Louis Cardinals 13-3 Tuesday night in the season's next-to-last game in Wrigley Field. The Cubs KO'd Cardinal ace Bob Tewksbury with a seven-run first inning Tuesday, added six more runs in the sixth...

Bob Tewksbury beat Los Angeles for the first time in six lifetime decisions. Tewksbury (14-8) had already beaten every other NL opponent during his career. He won for the 10th time in 12 decisions, giving up 10 hits in seven innings. Henry Rodriguez hit a three-run homer in the first inning, but Tewksbury did not allow another run. Lee Smith pitched the ninth for his major-league-leading 43rd save.

Ray Lankford hit a home run and a two-run double to lead Bob Tewksbury and the Cardinals. Tewksbury (13-7) allowed four runs in six innings on nine hits. The Cardinals scored five runs in the second on a walk, a wild pitch, four singles and a double off starter Andy Benes (13-9).

As any serious baseball fan can tell you, there are 1,247 different ways for a pitcher to balk. Mike Harkey merely showed us two of them. Maybe. And the runs they helped produce helped produce the St. Louis Cardinals' 4-1 victory over the Cubs in nearly packed Busch Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The balks and Bob Tewksbury (12-7), who once again kept his pitches tantalizingly out of reach of everything but the strike zone. He limited his former employers to five hits and no walks over...